For the version 0.7.4 (Beta2 Final)

by replacing <current_default_user> with whatever name we wish to use.

For the sudoers case, as long as we add user to admin group, we can bypass modifying the "/etc/sudoers" file.

(For this version of andLinux, I've found cobuntu as a default user and all my xfce or kde programs are launched under the cobuntu name until I've change it to my username at the xsession_cmd file.)

Change Launcher Port

To change the launcher port, both the windows registry and launcher.pl within the andLinux root filesystem need editing. Here's how:

windows

Non-root-users can't use ports <1024. As we'll now be defaulting to a non-root user the launcher must use a port greater than 1024, e.g. 8081. To edit the windows registry to suit the new port number, first create a text file with the following content:

then rename it to "Launcher.reg". Run this file to edit the registry. The Port number (shown in bold) is coded in HEX, and means 8081. If other values are required, windows calculator can be used in scientific mode to convert between hex and decimal.

The uid parameter in the last line is the important one and should be set to match the ID of the user needing write access to /mnt/win. By default the first user's id will be 1001, but to check use the "id" command:

The mode option is not supported by the cofuse, so it is not possible to change the file permissions in general.

Alternative approach

In the event of difficulty changing permissions, and provided sudo has been set up, it's possible to simply prefix all commands which write to /mnt/win with "sudo" in order to use root privilege. In this way the default cofuse setup will still be sufficient, but normal operations can be performed with normal user privilege.

Change default shell

You may find that the default shell for the new user (/bin/sh) isn't the one you want. To change the shell, use the "chsh" program. Available shells are shown in /etc/shells. Bash is a popular choice, for example:

Alternative way of starting Linux programs

XFCE panel and andLinux Launcher are nice, but I want the least possible number of special objects on my Windows desktop. I just need a terminal emulator, as I can start all programs from the shell. The andCmd.exe binary comes in handy here. I have created two Windows batch files (for a root and a normal user shell):

C:\Programme\andLinux\Launcher\andCmd.exe xterm -bg orange

C:\Programme\andLinux\Launcher\andCmd.exe sudo su - ah -c xterm

Of course the chosen terminal emulator (as well as the background color of the root shell ;-) ) is a matter of taste.